📞 Features Apple didn't mention at the presentation

1. Flashlight got a global upgrade. You can adjust not only the brightness but also the width of the light.

2. In the Control Center there is a shutdown button in the corner of the screen. Very useful for those who constantly forget the combination of buttons to turn off.

3. New animation when changing the volume as a preparation for the touch button in iPhone 16.

4. In the Control Center you can add Vehicle movement tags – very useful from motion sickness in transport

5. Now it will be possible to save the constantly dying battery. iPhone will analyze how you charge and use it, and will offer you the optimal charging limit.

6. 'Camera' has learned to record video when music from any app is playing on the iPhone – it used to pause.

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👨‍💻 Here comes the end of  WWDC24

📸 Sharing highlights and photos from the last conference. In the photos you can see the legend Steve Wozniak, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Greg Joswiak – Apple's Vice President of Global Marketing and cool merch along with WWDC installation from Apple Park.

Tim Cook in 𝕏 summarised the results:

Thank you to all the developers from around the world who joined us in person and virtually for an incredible #WWDC24! I can't wait to see what great apps you create.

👍 Indeed, it was one of the most interesting Apple presentations and conferences in recent times. The results and news of the conference can be discussed until the autumn, just when the new iOS (along with iPhone 16) will be available for common users.

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📱 18 feature that needs to be copied by video apps

This fall, the 🎞 app introduces InSight, a feature that displays timely information about actors, characters, and music from Apple TV+ movies and shows onscreen in real time or on the iPhone when using it as an Apple TV remote. Conveniences of this type have been seen in various video apps before.

However, Apple also demoed a new tvOS 18 feature that automatically puts subnoscripts on screen when you skip back in a video. It’s similar to what happens when you ask, “What did she say?”

Instead of making that request, the system now just assumes that if you’re skipping back, it’s because you missed something, so it puts subnoscripts on screen for 10 seconds automatically.

What Apple didn’t say during its presentation is that the same feature extends to its other platforms too. Auto-subnoscripts on rewind is baked into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia; it’s available in the betas today. That's fanstastic!

This feature could inspire YouTube, Netflix, and other popular video apps to copy 📱. Maybe there are cases where auto-subnoscripts will annoy some users, but still in most cases, it's convenient.

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🏠No story for smart home Apple Intelligence just yet

🤖 Unfortunately, all the new Apple Intelligence and Siri features will not be available on the Apple TV or HomePod, arguably Apple’s most voice-orientated device. It’s unclear if Apple Intelligence support for those platforms will be available later, or if new generations of hardware will be required to run the various on-device models.

👥 Nevertheless, among upgrades to HomeKit and the Home app there is the addition of guest user access, allowing you to let visitors control your smart accessories temporarily, without adding them as a full permanent member of your Home. You can choose how and when guests are allowed to access your home. They can only control these accessories while they are physically located at your address, so there’s no risk of tampering from afar.

🤪 Vacuum cleaner integration will be available in the Home app, starting later this year.
It will support features like turning your vacuum on and off, changing the cleaning mode, and reading current charge status. Users will be able to ask Siri to control your vacuum to start a cleaning session.

🔌 Finally, the Home app will allow users who live in homes supplied by participating Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers to see a tally of their electricity usage right inside the Home app. It will be possible to view usage in peak and off-peak times, and compare changes in your usage over time. By the way, if you are an eligible customer, you will be able to connect your account to the Home app in an update to iOS 18 available later this year.

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